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Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow,  Peabody Award winning broadcaster. and teaches at Princeton University.  


She's responsible for the creation of numerous economic developments, technology inclusion projects, green-infrastructure developments & policies, and job training & placement systems. 


Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” - which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community. 


Carter applies corporate talent-retention consulting practice to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities.  She has firsthand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx, as well as cities across North America and abroad. 


She and her teams develop vision, strategies and the type of development that transforms low-status communities into thriving mixed-use local economies. Her approach harnesses capital flows resulting from American re-urbanization to help increase wealth building opportunities across demographics left out of all historic financial tide changes. Majora's work produces long term fiscal benefits for governments, residents, and  real estate developments . 


In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. 


Her ability to shepherd projects through  seemingly conflicted socio-economic currents has garnered her 8 honorary PhD's and awards such as: 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Silicon Alley 100 by Business Insider, Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement by News Corp, and other honors from the National Building Museum, International Interior Design Association, Center for American Progress, as well as her TEDtalk (one of six to launch that site in 2006). 


She currently serves on the board of directors for STREB and Solar One, and has served on the boards of the US Green Building Council, Ceres, The Wilderness Society, and the Andrew Goodman Foundation. 


Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA).  


After establishing  Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014. While at Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT’s first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration of the “Maker-Spaces” found elsewhere today.  The project drew residents and visitors together for guided and creative collaborations. In addition, Majora Carter launched StartUp Box, a ground-breaking tech social enterprise that provided entry-level tech jobs in the South Bronx, operating it from 2014-2018.  Majora Carter has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities at all levels.

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AWARDS, HONORS, Certificates

2024

2024

2024

Princeton University - Commendation for Outstanding Teaching 

NYPD - Citizens Police Academy Graduate

NYPD - Yes Queen Honoree


2022

2024

2024

We Got Next Sports - Community Impact Award 

NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science - Alumni Achievement Award 

Virtual Organizational Development Forum - Precedent Award


2021

2024

2021

TimeOut NY - Best in City: Boogie Down Grind

Al Fresco NY - Boogie Down Grind


2020

2020

2020

Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Award​

2018

2020

2020

Grace Outreach Award - graceoutreachbronx.org

2017

2020

2017

Visionary Leadership Award - New Haven International Arts & Ideas Festival

2016

2016

2017

  • MIT Inclusion Innovation Competition - Finalist 
  • ​Digital Diversity Network - Innovation & Inclusion Awards Honoree 
  • NYC Department of Health - Food Protection Certification

2015

2016

2015

Blogher 2015 - Winner: Pitch Contest for StartUp Box Quality Assurance B2B Social Enterprise​

2014

2016

2015

Augsburg College – Honorary Degree

2013

2012

2012

Wesleyan University – Honorary Degree

2012

2012

2012

  • Restore America’s Estuaries – President’s Award
  • Parchi Monumentali Bardini e Peyron Foundation – Monito del Giardino Award 
  • Sterling College – Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
  • Green Mountain College – Honorary Doctorate of Laws
  • 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs – Goldman Sachs

2011

2012

2010

  • University of Georgia – Peabody Award
  • The Root.com – 2011 Root 100
  • Conway School of Landscape Design – Honorary MLA
  • Knox College – Honorary PhD
  • Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr – Citation of Merit
  • Brooklyn Botanic Gardens – Better Earth Award
  • Association of Teachers of Social Studies/UFT – Rosa Parks Award
  • Sweet Beginnings/North Lawndale Employment Network – Community That Works Award
  • Rocking the Boat – Whitehall Award

2010

2010

2010

  • International Interior Design Association – The Star Award
  • Concerned citizen’s Action Program, Syracuse NY – Recognition Award
  • Associação para a Valorização Ambiental da Alta de Lisboa, Portugal – Sócia Honoriaria
  • Association for the Environmental Promotion of Alta de Lisboa, Portugal - Honorary Member
  • International Interior Design Association - Leaders Breakfast, Honoree of New York
  • The Grey Panthers – Award for Environmental Justice
  • Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (B.A.D.D.) – B.A.D.D. Ass Women Award
  • City of Bridgeport, Connecticut -  Key to the City
  • OXFAM International – Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
  • Zeta Phi – Honoree

2009

2010

2009

  • Rudy Bruner Foundation – Silver Medal, Public Space
  • Starting Bloc Greater New York Institute for Social Innovation – Honoree
  • York College/CUNY – Honorary Phd
  • Eastern Queens Alliance – Snowey Egret Award
  • National Building Museum – Visionary In Sustainability Honor Award
  • Riverkeeper’s Fisherman’s Ball – Honoree
  • SyFy Channel – Young Visionary For Tomorrow

2008

2010

2009

  • Hunt Prime Mover – Fellow 
  • NY Post – Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement 
  • The New School University – Honorary PhD 
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Society – The Val-Kill Medal 
  • United Nations Temple of Understanding – The Juliet Hollister Award 
  • Wesleyan University – Distinguished Alumni Award 
  • Campaign for America’s Future – Paul Wellstone Award
  • National College of Women Student Leaders – Woman Of Distinction Award 
  • National Coalition of 100 Black Women, L.I. – Trailblazer Award​

2007

2007

2007

  • National Audubon Society – Rachel Carson Award
  • Mercy College – Honorary PhD
  • Parsons School of Design – Kalil Lectureship
  • Lt. Gov. David Patterson – New York State Women of Excellence Award
  • New York University – Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Humanitarian Service
  • National Arbor Day Society – Lawrence Enersen Award
  • The Weather Channel – Forecast Earth Hot List – Individuals Making An Impact On Long-Term Global Climate Change
  • Rotary Club of the Bronx, NY Inc. – Honoree
  • NY Chapter of the AIA – Community Development Award
  • NY/NJ Bay Keepers – 11th Annual Honoree
  • American Cities Foundation – Urban Visionary Award

2006

2007

2007

  • CORO NY – Lewis Rudin Award for Public Service
  • NRDC - Environmental Advocate of the Year Award
  • The Municipal Arts Society – Evangeline Blashfield Award
  • Walton High School Green-Teens – Honoree

2005

2007

2005

  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation – Genius Fellow
  • Timberland – Earth Day Award
  • City of Glasgow, Scotland – Public Advocate Contribution Award
  • American Planning Association NY Metro – Meritorious Service

2004

2004

2005

  • Drum Major Institute For Public Policy – Fellow
  • Fellow Organic Style Magazine – Woman with Organic Style

2003

2004

2003

  • United States Department of Energy – Clean Cities Award
  • Congressman Jose E. Serrano – Honoree

2002

2004

2003

  • US EPA -Clear Air Excellence Award
  • NYCity Hall – Citation
  • NYC Council Women’s History Month -Pacesetter Award
  • Fund for the City of New York – Union Square Award
  • Court TV – Vision for the Future Award

2001

2001

2001

Open Society Institute New York City Community – Fellow

2000

2001

2001

  • Environmental Advocates – Community Development Award
  • Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr – Bronx Super Hero

1999

2001

1999

  • Coro Leadership NY for Public Affairs and Civic Leadership – Fellow
  • US EPA – Environmental Quality Award

1988

1988

1999

Wesleyan University - Stephen J. Ross Prize (Film Studies)

Established in 1979 as a gift of Steven J. Ross of Warner Communications. Awarded annually for the best undergraduate film, digital, and/or virtual made in the Department of Film Studies.

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